Srijan’10
Nurturing Dreams
IWSB, an initiative of the Career Launcher Education Foundation is itself a product of an entrepreneurial dream. The entrepreneurial ethos is at the heart of the foundational principles of IWSB. This entrepreneurial spirit is embodied in our core values of Risk Taking, Openness, Ownership, Honesty and Commitment, and Innovation.
The school through its Incubation Centre envisages promoting the values of entrepreneurial leadership, with the aim to nurture, harness and bringing to life entrepreneurial ideas among its student community and also facilitating such opportunities in the country at large.
Srijan’09 was our first initiative to provide a springboard to those numerous entrepreneurial ideas across the whole country. The winning start-up ideas of the day began their entrepreneurial journey with us and shall travel the distance between the generations of a brilliant idea to becoming a successful enterprise.
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Partners:
In our very first year itself Srijan’09 and DISHA – Centre for Inspiring Entrepreneurial Leadership have been able to forge some enviable partnerships namely:
Some of the eminent persons who graciously accepted to be the Distinguished Jury for Srijan’09 were:
Prof.Anil.K.Gupta – Chairman Srijan’09 & K L chair Professor-IIM-A and EVC-NIF, Prof Ishwar Dayal - Founding Director IIM Lucknow, Anjan Das - Sr.Director & Head, IPR, Innovations, Technology & Life Sciences Division – CII, Sanjeev Agarwal – MD Helion Ventures, Mahesh Murthy - Founder Pinstorm & SEEDFUND, Satya Narayanan - Founder Career Launcher, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, IBM; Hitesh Oberoi,COO,Naukri.com; P K Mukherjee,IT Head,TATA Steel; Abizer Diwanji, Head-Financial Services,KPMG; Adrian Williams,Head-HR,Reliance Money; Manish Saxena,Head-Knowledge Mangement,HSBC;Arun Kumar Ramanujam,Head-University Relations, CISCO; Viswadeep Bajaj,CEO, Valuefirst; Anuj Sinha, Advisor-DST,Govt. of India; R Sreenivasan - Co Founder Career Launcher.
Further some of the eminent organizations who helped us with Jury during various rounds were:
CII,TQMS, BEL, Sona Group, JuxtConsult, IIT D, IIT B, IIM C, IISc Bangalore etc.
Highlights of Srijan’09:
• 245 Entries
• 6 teams selected for Incubation, with 3 already having started their ventures
• Regionals in 4 Cities
• Reach of about 10 lakh people
• Recognition by NEN as matured E-Cell with only few others in the country like IITs, IIMs & BITS-Pilani & also the fastest growing E-cell in the country
• Winners nominated by CII to Rolex International Entrepreneurship Award
• One of the winning teams – Renaissance signed with CII for the CII Raunaq Singh Innovation Grid Project
Srijan’10 is in continuation to our resolve from last year to continue in our quest to ‘Foster an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem on Campus and the Country at large’
Some valuable comments/feedback from the Judges(Srijan’09):-
Excellent initiative, worthy objectives and a Great partnership forged already in terms of mentors who have committed to participate like IISc ASTRA.
-Jayaram Krishnan, CEO, Keystone
What I liked most about Srijan'09 was its unconventional approach to encourage budding entrepreneurs. Young men & women from ‘not so front running’ institutes coming up with bright ideas which IWSB promises to nurture. Even not so educated talents with ideas which promise to make a difference were encouraged, which is definitely a right step to encourage entrepreneurial talents.
-Pradeep.K.Mukherjee, IT Head, TATA Steel
The experience of Srijan’09 was exciting. Young and bright minds, which are ignited, displayed their entrepreneurial potential in many ways which pleasantly surprised us.
-Brig.Ganesh Pogula, Director(Production), Bharat Dynamics Ltd.
Srijan’09 was very well organised. Just to add some value, certain business plans should be assessed based on returns, scalability, unique expertise of the team etc. If these are done at a screening stage, the judges should get a copy of it. Keep up the Good work!
-Abizer Diwanji, Head-Financial Services, KPMG
Srijan’09 is a fantastic platform that provides budding entrepreneur’s a medium to showcase their ideas and get them validated by experts, mobilize resources and inputs. The ideas were fantastic and extremely diverse in nature. It’s a good step in the right direction, in the sense that it brings people from varied backgrounds together. Hope that a lot of these ideas get transformed into real life enterprises that generate employment and value for the society.
-Manish Saxena, Head Knowledge Management HSBC
Some incubates details:
Build India- Building Lives!Labor training and management
IIT-B
Build India will set up centre of excellence aimed at imparting training to unskilled and semi-skilled labor for infrastructure sector and hence make them employable as skilled laborers in this sector. Construction companies have been unable to execute industrial and residential projects on time due to shortage of skilled labor which is impairing the growth in infrastructure sector. Thus Build India’s centre of excellence will not only bridge this gap but will also provide sustainable employment to these people and contribute to inclusive growth of the country.
Green PeopleJammu & Kashmir Who we are: A zealous motley bunch of academics and professionals embedded with entrepreneurial DNA. But to keep things simple we call ourselves ‘Green People’.
What we propose: Restructure Indian household and commercial energy consumption practices by providing and promoting clean, sustainable and efficient fuels.
How: To commercially produce and supply ‘Bio-Gas’ and ‘Bio-fertilizer’ in rural areas for daily household and agricultural consumption. Gradually upgrade inventory and extend supply to urban markets and industries.
Modus Operandi: The ‘Coconut Tree’ concept, viz. almost all the components of the system can be used in some beneficial way.
• Animal waste to be used for ‘Bio-Gas’ production.
• Bio-Gas to be used for cooking, heating, lighting etc
• Slurry remains, which are purely organic, to be reused as ‘Bio-Fertilizer’.
Millennium BricksPatented grassroots innovation-West Bengal
“Millennium Bricks” is an innovation in the field of construction material. This brick is hollow inside and has a groove and socket fitting system. This unique feature makes it advantageous from its conventional type. As the raw material used is less, it is economical and also environmental friendly. Due to its hollow feature, it acts as heat resistant, thus trapping the hot/cool air inside. The air inside the hollow region also makes it sound resistant. The groove and socket fitting joint bind the bricks stronger than the conventional brick, thus enabling it to be a better seismic resistant.
RenaissanceGrassroots to Global
Commercializing innovations Renaissance is a platform which seeks to help grassroots inventors in taking their products or prototypes to the next level and building a commercially viable business model. There are thousands of budding entrepreneurs distributed around the country, and organizations like the National Innovation Foundation have made an effort to document these inventors in a systematic fashion. However, a systematic set of steps needs to be taken before these inventions can be successfully commercialized, including arranging for funds, developing a team, doing market research, and developing distribution channels. The purpose of Renaissance is to help the thousands of potential entrepreneurs build these business elements around their ideas, prototypes and products, thus radically enhancing the overall innovation output of the country.
GITAMBookmate
Vizag Bookmate offers book borrowing and rental services on Railway Platforms, catering to the key unmet need of an affordable and reliable entertainment service for price conscious train travellers. Bookmate’s strategy is to provide low cost book rental services (10 % of the books’ cost) to bring popular books within reach of the majority of travellers and make this a viable option for them.
The Concept:
In our quest for continuous innovation we have added an additional feature to Srijan’10 with the introduction of an Online Platform, which is envisaged to be active throughout the year.
The intent is as follows:
• To facilitate those entrepreneurial aspirants who have an idea but may lack the expertise or a team to realize their dream
• On the platform you can Register idea in crude type
• Create profile of each participant
• The Platform will provide learning materials & online expert support to grow the idea into structured form
• Provide networking support for participants
• Vetting of ideas by public voting
Key Features:
• Open to all Indian Nationals (Individual or group)
• Mentoring
• Incubation
• Startup Capital for Ventures
• Scholarship for Undergraduate students
Stages:
• Event Launch[9th Nov ,Delhi]
• Stage I - Executive Summary or 5 min video submission (you tube)
[Last date for Submission: 30th Nov’09]
Declaration of Stage I Results: 12th Dec’09]
• Stage II – Regionals[19-20th Dec in 4 cities(Kolkata-IIM-C; Delhi-IMI*; Mumbai-SPJIMR*; Banglore-IISc](proposed)
Declaration of Stage II Results: 22nd Dec’09]
• Stage III –Mentoring[23rd Dec -22nd Jan’10]
• Stage IV -Final Business Plan Submission[Deadline: 27th Jan’10]
Final Presentation [30 - 31st Jan’10-IWSB Campus]
• Stage V-Incubation & Startup Capital [1st Feb’10 onwards in IWSB]
Categories:
• Grassroots Innovations and Social Development(social Entrepreneurship)
• IT/ITES/Web/Telecommunications/Electronics/E-Commerce
• Biotechnology
• Consumer Services - ( Education, Healthcare, Tourism, Marketing Services, Consultancy etc)
• Retail/Logistics
• New Product
• Others
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